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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by enraged_camel on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:08PM (#23420516)
Curfews are ordered by mayors and enforced by the police. The distinction, in this case, isn’t very relevant.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by skrtskrt on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:10PM (#23420555)
Especially when you watch the press conferences you can practically see the mayors’ puppet strings being pulled by the police chief standing next to them. Chicago was exactly the same. They know who the real power is.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:12PM (#23420579)
Police chiefs are also elected.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by anigbrowl on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:25PM (#23420708)
You are confusing police chiefs with county sheriffs.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:34PM (#23420801)
I am not. It's not universal, but many municipalities have an elected police chief.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by anigbrowl on Thursday June 04, 2020 @04:05PM (#23421123)
Overall, it seems less common than you aver. What percentage of cities do you think have elected police chiefs?
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by jeffbee on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:20PM (#23420665)
Name any US jurisdiction with an elected chief of police.
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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by tzs on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:35PM (#23420811)
San Angelo, Texas.

It used to be more common, but most places switched to appointment by the mayor or city council or city manager. Now it is mostly just a handful of scattered cities in a few states, with the exception of Louisiana where I believe they are still mostly elected.

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Re:To defund the police, activists rewrote city budgets by garmaine on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:34PM (#23420799)
The city I live in, Santa Clara, has an elected police chief. It's common, though not universal.
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